The U.S. Forest Service has announced it is reversing a ban on federal firefighters wearing masks, and will give crews protective N95s as they battle increasingly intense fires across the nation. For ...

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service has announced it is reversing a ban on federal firefighters wearing masks, and will give crews protective N95s as they battle increasingly intense fires across ...

The federal government will now allow its firefighters to mask up — upending a decades-long policy that had left them exposed to toxic flurries of illness-inducing wildfire smoke. The U.S. Forest ...

After years of wildland firefighters developing cancer, lung disease and other health issues while not being allowed to wear masks as they work, the U.S. Forest Service will now allow these crews to ...

The Forest Service is reversing course as it faces growing pressure over workers falling ill with cancer and lung disease. The move is part of a flurry of changes to aid firefighters. By Hannah Dreier ...

During the COVID pandemic, masks were mandatory equipment that everyone needed to wear. Although it may have seemed like a big deal back then, it later on became a much more accepted part of healthy ...

The U.S. Forest Service will begin providing wildfire crews with masks to protect against smoke, reversing a decades-long policy banning protective gear after The New York Times spotlighted severe ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Your giant smoked turkey leg might be a little extra smoky, and it won't be blue skies greeting the Ferris wheel riders during the first weekend of the 2025 Spokane County Interstate ...